This was my first tutorial doing it picture by picture. I have done plenty of video tutorials but this was a new experiance and I liked it.
I hope it is helpful for everyone and if you want me to do any other tutorials, just ask. I'm free to nice critique and nice suggestions.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO VIEW IT, WHY NOT TAKE THE TIME TO COMMENT? IT WOULD BE NICE FOR ME AND WOULD HELP ME PREPARE MYSELF FROM FUTURE 'DEMOTING' FOR NO APPARENT REASON.
Comments
iDemy Says:
Foundation really necessary?
I really like it =D
Now if only mum would let me leave the house like that
loveMYVlove Says:
i like your pics lol! good for the first tutorial
RavenTheImpaler Says:
Hey there. I'm thinking of making my own makeup tutorial (for natural drag and/or gender bending makeup), so I've been especially interested in looking around at other makeup tutorials to see how it's done. I saw this under "recent uploads" the other day, but it takes me a while to get my thoughts together for a legitimate comment. (I usually just jot down the screen name and come back to it later. Sorry you got so many down-rates before I got to it.)
If you want a critique, here you go:
I'm sure your makeup is fantastic, but I can't tell. The images are poorly shrunken, grainy, and too dark. The first time I viewed this, I was using an insanely bright screen, and they were STILL too dark. (Also, a few images were too out of focus. If you're using an auto-focus camera, play around with it and find the sweet spot when it comes to focus. Unfortunately, if an image is too out of focus, you can't fix it in Photoshop.)
If you have Photoshop or a similar image manipulation program (I'm using The GIMP, so my instructions may vary slightly from whatever program you're using), here's a how to fix the brightness issue and the image size issue:
(Before following any of these steps, it's helpful to crop the fullsized images first. Don't resize them yet, just crop them so that they're focusing on the area you want focused on. You've already done that here, so I don't need to explain how to crop.)
First, (now that you're cropped) you should fix the brightness. The BEST way to do this is by balancing the histogram. Under the "Colors" tab at the top of the screen, there should be a tool called "levels" with a little picture of a bar graph next to it. Click it. You should see a graph (what looks like a bunch of black mountains) with 3 arrows underneath it. The goal is to get that graph as flat and even as possible. You can do that by dragging the arrows until the image is of your desired color quality. (Make sure "preview" is checked.) Then click "ok." Go back to Levels, and see if the graph is even. If it's not, you can continue to adjust is. (I wouldn't recommend clicking "auto", it doesn't always adjust the image properly, and then it can be difficult to fix.)
A simpler (but not always as effective) way to do all that is by going to "Brightness/Contrast" and manually adjusting it that way. The Brightness/Contrast tool is pretty self explanatory, so you won't have a hard time figuring it out.
Next, you want to properly resize the image (so that it's not elongated, pixelated, squishy looking). Select "Image" and click "Scale Image." Under "Image Size" you should see two editable text boxes that say "Width" and "Height." Next to those boxes, there should be a little picture of a chain. If you click the chain, the links separate. Don't do that. That chain means that the width and height are one. If you edit the width, the height will automatically adjust and vice-versa. This is so that the image stays in proportion. (Also, make sure that the it says "Pixels" next to the width and height boxes, and that next to "X-Y Resolution" it says "Pixles/in". Note that the X-Y Resolution should have the unbroken chain next to it, too.) There. Now you can change the pixel size of the image by changing the numbers (of either the width or height) in the editable text boxes.
Once you're done, go ahead and save (as a .PNG or .TIFF), then repeat the process with the next image.
When you have all of your images saved, THEN you can go ahead and put the tutorial together. You can open the images you saved as new layers. When all of your layers are arranged on your tutorial, just click "merge all layers," and you're done.
Personally, I like the black and pink background you chose. I have a hard time reading the light text on the light background, though. I think if the pink was just a little bit darker, or you used black text on the pink, it would be easier to read. (That's sheer personal preference, though. Not all people may have as hard a time as I do with text/background colors.)
LASTLY, save the image as a .PNG, not a .JPG. JPG images compress the file; so, although they take up less space on your computer, the over all quality of the image decreases. That's why the text looks so splotchy, and the images look grainy.
Positive Feedback:
Like I said, I can't really see your makeup very well, but the instructions you gave were very thorough, so I'm sure it looks great. You seem to really have a passion for looking good, haha.
I also like how you not only touched on makeup, but also on hair and clothes. You took a bunch of different clothing items that don't necessarily coordinate, and put them together in a way that really works. Very creative. It doesn't work for everybody, but it definitely works for you.
Also, you can really rock the short hair.
I always enjoy reading tutorials, so I hope you make more in the future.
I really hope that's helpful. If you have any questions, or need me to clarify anything, feel free to ask. Oh, and sorry about the tl;dr comment. I didn't realize is was going to be so huge.
TruVKKamikaze Says:
sugoi!
I loved what you did with theahair and the style you went for is superb. Picture fixing would be a plus but for your first...good job.